Tong Bing Yu
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Tong Bing Yu | |
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| 童缤毓 | |
| Born | 14 June 1983 |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Education | UCSI University Music Programmes |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, host |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Agent | Mediacorp (contract ended) |
| Works | Welcome Home, My Love The Adjusters I&II A Time to Embrace The Family Court Justice in the City The Journey: A Voyage Mightiest Mother-in-Law Utopia A Stolen Life The Ferryman: Legends of Nanyang: Fox God |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Musical career | |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, drums |
| Website | www |
Tong Bing Yu (formerly known as Chris Tong; born Chinese: 童缤毓; pinyin: Tóng Bīngyù; born on 14 June 1983) is a Malaysian actress, host, singer, and producer. She was the champion of Miss Malaysia Chinese Cosmos International 2006, later representing Malaysia in Switzerland and China, where she won the Miss Culture Personality Award. In 2007, she established Yumiao Love Charity Foundation, inspiring candidates from the pageants to become involved with charity.
In 2014, Tong Bing Yu was awarded one of Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth.[1] She is a long-term sponsor of "Ali De Speranza", a World Vision 30-Hour Famine D.I.Y Camp. She also participates in various fundraising projects such as World Vision Malaysia, Children's organizations, Ai Hua Jiao Charity Concert and disaster relief.[2]
Career
Early years
In 2006, Tong won the Miss Malaysia Chinese Cosmos International, along with two subsidiary titles, Miss Personality and Miss Perfect Skin. She landed her first TV hosting role in a China-Malaysia Jiangsu TV Travelogue, Go Go Travel. The show introduced places of interest and food of both China and Malaysia. Her co-host back then were Taiwanese host Chen Hong, Shining Star Performing Arts Training Center student Allan Kew, and TV anchor Huang Jing of China Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation.[3]
In 2008, she participated in her first TV series My Destiny and started her journey as an actress. In the following year, she got her first leading role in The Adjusters.
In 2009, she began to serve as an emcee of Hai-O and Sin Chew Daily’s co-organized charity event "Ai Hua Jiao", and stayed for 10 years until the event was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Singapore
In 2010, Tong got her first leading role in Singapore in the TV series The Family Court. The role got her nominated in the 17th Star Awards Ceremony in Singapore, along with Tay Ping Hui in the Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) category. Also in 2010, she co-hosted Dream Potters with Singapore artiste Lee Teng, and was nominated for Favourite Onscreen Partners (Variety) at the 17th Star Awards Ceremony in 2011.
In 2012, she was nominated for Best Actress and Most Popular Actress at the second Golden Awards in Malaysia through the TV series A Time to Embrace.
In 2014, she got her first Best Actress nomination through the role of Bai Mingzhu (TV Series The Journey: A Voyage,) at the 20th Star Awards Ceremony and won her first award - Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in Singapore. The same year, she won the Top 5 Most Popular Actress at the third Golden Awards in Malaysia, making Tong the only winner of both popularity awards among female artiste in Singapore and Malaysia.[5]
Furthermore, she was also selected as one of Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth,[1] and the winner of Outstanding Female Artiste of McMillan Woods Global Awards in 2014.[6]
In 2017, she performed as "mistress" in the Mightiest Mother-in-Law.[7]
Theatre and China film industry
Tong was also involved in theatre performances in 2015 and participated in the famous stage play Malaysian version, playing the role of Feng Ping. In 2011, she also made a cameo in the stage play of The Legends of Lai Meng. In the same year, she got two movie roles. The Wedding Diary, which gave her the opportunity to act alongside local artiste Ah Niu and Hong Kong actress Elanne Kong. Also, she participated in the movie Petaling Street Warriors with Mark Lee and Yeo Yann Yann.
Later, she participated in the China web movie League of Legend, playing the role of LeBlanc, acting with Elanne Kong, Tony Ahn and Collin Chou; she then officially announced she will gradually shift her focus to China, becoming one of the artiste of Beijing Happywoods TV under Hunan Television.[5]
Involvement in production and film producing
In 2015, Tong was the administrative producer for the Hong Kong movie Undercover: Punch and Gun.
In 2016, became producer of Hunan Broadcasting System and Malaysia Mon Space Media Entertainment co-produced China web drama Utopia,[8] while acting in it too, creating a personal milestone in her career.[9]
In 2018, she starred in a China-Malaysia film, and sang the movie's theme song A Stolen Life. This won her Breakthrough Performing Actress in the 2018 14th Chinese American Film Festival[10] and was awarded Best Lead Actress in the 2020 Melbourne Indie Film Festival, which is also her first "Best Actress" win.[11]
In 2019, Tong founded Marvelous Culture & Film, based in Malaysia. She started collaborations with China as the producer of Beyond Life and Death. In the past six years, she led her company's strategic transformation to achieve growth through cooperation with China.[12]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Romantic Delicacies | Honey | ||
| The Adjusters稽查專用 | Annie 洛安妮 | [13][14] | ||
| Welcome Home, My Love | Zhang Wanqin 张婉琴 | [13] | ||
| My Destiny | Bai Suzhen 白素真 | [13] | ||
| 2010 | Injustice | Zhao Yutian 赵语恬 | [13] | |
| Goodnight DJ 2 声空感应2 | [13] | |||
| Glowing Embers | Xuan Hui 玄蕙 | [13] | ||
| The Glittering Days | Bo Li | [13] | ||
| The Family Court | Huang Shuya 黄舒雅 | [13] | ||
| 2011 | Code of Honour | Long Wanyi 龙婉怡 | [15] | |
| C.L.I.F. | Zhang Cenglin 张岑琳 | [13] | ||
| 2012 | Justice in the City | Zhuo Huiqi 卓惠棋 | ||
| Game Plan | Guo Keli 郭可丽 | |||
| 2013 | The Journey: A Voyage | Bai Mingzhu 白明珠 | [16] | |
| 96 °C Café 96 °C 咖啡 | Xu Ruolin 徐若琳 | |||
| 2014 | The Journey: Tumultuous Times | Bai Mingzhu 白明珠 | [17] | |
| The Caregivers | Fang Yiting 方仪婷 | |||
| 2015 | Good Luck | Lin Shihui 林世慧 | ||
| 2016 | Peace & Prosperity | Huang Zishan 黄子珊 | ||
| Beyond Words | Liang Lening 梁乐宁 | [16] | ||
| House of Fortune | Luo Shuping 罗舒萍 | [18] | ||
| 2017 | Life Less Ordinary | Zhou Ke'en 周可恩 | ||
| Mightiest Mother-in-Law | ||||
| 2018 | Gifted | Su Lingli 苏伶俐 | [19] | |
| 2019 | Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre | Bright Moon Messenger 辉月使 | Cameo | [20] |
| One Boat, One World 海洋之城 | ||||
| 2021 | The Ferryman: Legends of Nanyang 灵魂摆渡·南洋传说 | Bai Xue Ying 白晓雪 | [21] |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Petaling Street Warriors | Xiao Ju 小菊 | [22] | |
| 2012 | The Golden Couple 金童玉女 | [23][24] | ||
| The Wedding Diary | Pat | |||
| The Golden Couple 金童玉女 | Miss Woo | |||
| 2013 | Kick Ass Girls 爆3俏嬌娃 | Zhu Ge 诸葛 | [25] | |
| 2014 | League of Legend 王者联盟 | LeBlanc 乐芙兰 | Web movie | [5] |
| 2015 | 冷月刀 | Chang Qiuyan 常秋嫣 | [26] | |
| 2016 | Special Female Force | Iris | [27] | |
| The Guest 不速之客 | Liu Wen 刘雯 | [28] | ||
| 2018 | A Stolen Life 双生 | Chen Ji/Chen Mo 陈寂/陈默 | ||
| 2019 | Supermum | Cameo | [29] | |
| TBD | 枪口下 | Yi Xiao Ling 易小玲 | Filming | |
| JanGo | Cody | Post-production | [30] |
Stage play
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Legends of Lai Meng 杜鹃花的黎明 | [31] | ||
| 2015 | I Have a Date with Spring | Musical, Malaysia leg of tour |
Hosting
- 988 DJ (乐活星期天)
- Jiangsu TV Go Go Travel (Travel Program)
- Pink World (Informative Program)
- Jia Yu Channel (Model Contest)
- Mid-Autumn Festival Special
- Hit Hot Song 2
- Dream Potters
- Ai Hua Jiao Charity Concert
Discography
- 《不要骗小孩》EP Single Duet with A Di
- 《筑梦》 TV Series <A Time to Embrace> Original Soundtrack Duet with Henley Hii
- 《我们都一样》TV Series <A Time to Embrace> Original Soundtrack Duet with Lawrence Wong and Henley Hii
- <The Legend of Lai Meng> Musical Theme Song Duet with Lenny Ooi
- <A Stolen Life> Theme Song
Accolades
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | <Nuyuo> Walk of Style | Top 10 Fashion Icon | — | Won | |
| 2011 | Star Awards | Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) | The Family Court | Nominated | |
| Favourite Onscreen Partners (Variety) | Dream Potters | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | Golden Awards | Most Popular Actress | — | Nominated | [32] |
| Best Actress | A Time to Embrace | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Golden Awards | Most Popular Actress (Top 5) | — | Won | |
| Best Actress | Mining Magnate | Nominated | |||
| McMillan Woods Global Awards | Outstanding Female Artiste | — | Won | [6] | |
| Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Won | [33] | |
| Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Malaysia) | — | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | The Journey: A Voyage | Nominated | |||
| Junior Chamber International Malaysia | Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth | — | Won | [1] | |
| 2015 | Asia Model Awards | Asian Model Star Awards | — | Won | [34] |
| Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Nominated | ||
| Most Popular Regional Artiste (Malaysia) | — | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Won | |
| 2018 | Chinese American Film Festival | Breakthrough Performing Actress | A Stolen Life | Won | [10] |
| 2019 | ASEAN Outstanding Business Award | ASEAN Top Social Media Influencer Award | — | Won | |
| 2020 | Melbourne Indie Film Festival | Best Lead Actress | A Stolen Life | Won | [11] |
| 2021 | Malaysia Fashion, Modeling & Pageant Awards | People's Choice Award – Outstanding Actress of the Year | — | Won | [35] |
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External links
- 童冰玉Tong Bing Yu on Facebook
- tongbingyu on Instagram
- 童缤毓on Sina Weibo
- 童冰玉Chris Tong - Celebrity Bios on xinmsn Entertainment
- Chris Tong on IMDb
- 童冰玉 on HKMDb
- 童冰玉Chris Tong on Mtime
- 童冰玉Chris Tong on Douban
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